Home Textiles Today - October 13, 2003

Last month brought the industry a better-than-usual New York Home Textiles Market, and suppliers are still glowing. The apparent hit motif of the market: tropical looks. Also strong were items featuring new constructions and micro-fibers. Earning thumbs down: designs that were over-produced or fussy.

• Business Today
• Chilly days warm stores' checkouts
• Down from August, pace still gaining
• Costco profit falls 3.2% in Q4
• Final week softens month's gain

• Fabrics Today
• Yang's back, and new ideas abound
• Swatches
• A rich, soft Irish lilt translates into home

• News
• Hunter Douglas intros shutter-shade combo
• Lawrence Home trots globe to source
• Fashion refreshes United's utility
• Moss lands at Modern Terry
• A new baby is born of Bassett, Springs union
• Space-saving gets more from less
• Sale OK'd, the waiting begins
• Cotton Inc. honors home designers
• Shealy tagged as prez for dec floor coverings biz
• TexStyle finds a window into bedding and dec
• Colors at the core for hot times in High Point

• Opinion Today
• Future shock, redux
• A question of fairness

• People Today
• Long-time NY window retailer to close
• KoSa names Linzbach fibers prez
• Bed Bath board expands to nine members
• Restoration Hardware picks cfo
• Avonhome creates post for Mooney
• Celanese AG taps new biz president